Case Study: a leading public utilities company strengthens DDoS resilience with Babble Cloud

DDoS attack simulation uncovers ISP mitigation failure and misconfiguration of on-LAN WAF

The client, a leading public utilities company, sought to test the resilience of its critical online infrastructure against DDoS attacks. They engaged Babble Cloud to conduct a realistic simulation that would challenge the effectiveness of their ISP's mitigation service and validate their internal web application firewall configuration within a strict maintenance window.

Babble implemented a rigorous test using a global botnet to simulate multiple attack vectors. The exercise revealed significant failures, as the ISP missed several attacks and the client's own systems were misconfigured. These findings provided the client with a critical baseline of their security posture, prompting immediate plans for enhanced alerting, formal engagement with their ISP, and a follow-up test.